WO2006047203A3 - Method and apparatus for intelligent acoustic signal processing in accordance with a user preference - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for intelligent acoustic signal processing in accordance with a user preference Download PDF

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WO2006047203A3
WO2006047203A3 PCT/US2005/037697 US2005037697W WO2006047203A3 WO 2006047203 A3 WO2006047203 A3 WO 2006047203A3 US 2005037697 W US2005037697 W US 2005037697W WO 2006047203 A3 WO2006047203 A3 WO 2006047203A3
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/405—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic by combining a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2201/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones covered by H04R1/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2201/40—Details of arrangements for obtaining desired directional characteristic by combining a number of identical transducers covered by H04R1/40 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2201/401—2D or 3D arrays of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/407—Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R3/00—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R3/005—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones for combining the signals of two or more microphones

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a 'smart earplug' capable of selectively adjusting (fig.1 (3O)) the output of an array of acoustic wave generation elements or speakers (54A, 54B) within a user's ear canal in response to input signals (24A, 24B), wherein at least one of the input signals has been at least partially attenuated.
PCT/US2005/037697 2004-10-22 2005-10-21 Method and apparatus for intelligent acoustic signal processing in accordance with a user preference WO2006047203A2 (en)

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EP05817294A EP1803321A4 (en) 2004-10-22 2005-10-21 Method and apparatus for intelligent acoustic signal processing in accordance with a user preference
JP2007538020A JP2008518512A (en) 2004-10-22 2005-10-21 Intelligent acoustic signal processing method and apparatus adapted to user preference
CA2584697A CA2584697C (en) 2004-10-22 2005-10-21 Method and apparatus for intelligent acoustic signal processing in accordance with a user preference

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